Papaya Fund snapshot
$454 thousand
Invested in R&D in 2024/25
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$117 thousand
Invested in marketing in 2023/24
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$301 thousand
Levy collected in 2024/25
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Most recent
Ongoing project
Grower-led commercial papaya variety evaluation (PP23002)
Marketing
Highlights from the 2024/25 Papaya marketing campaign
Ongoing project
Papaya market supply data capture and analysis 2025-2028 (PP24002)
Final research report
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)
Completed project
National papaya breeding and evaluation program (PP18000)
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Ongoing project
Grower-led commercial papaya variety evaluation (PP23002)
Completed project
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2023/24 (MT23201)
Completed project
National papaya breeding and evaluation program (PP18000)
Ongoing project
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 25/26 (MT24201)
Completed project
Papaya market supply data capture and analysis (PP20003)
Ongoing project
Better understanding of papaya phytophthora rot (PP23001)
Completed project
Papaya industry extension and communications program (PP20000)
Completed project
Regulatory support and coordination (pesticides) (MT20007)
Completed project
Horticulture Impact Assessment Program 2020/21 to 2022/23 (MT21015)
Completed project
Consumer usage and attitude tracking 2022/23 (MT21202)
Media Release
Banana army poised to defend Aussie plantations
Media Release
Scientists bring flies to Varroa Mite Red Zone
Media Release
$11.5M effort to deliver bot-ready strawberries
Media Release
$1M investment to find new citrus varieties
Media Release
Research pays off in India avocado trade deal
Media Release
Australian horticulture grows by $6.15B within a decade
Media Release
Tree immunisations could become a reality
Media Release
Hort Innovation welcomes two new directors
Completed project
Papaya clean seed program (PP18001)
Article
Taste the Wonders of Australia
Media Release
New macadamia varieties to lower production costs
Media Release
Aussie avocados smash it in Singapore and Malaysia
Media Release
Eyeing new tech to increase Varroa mite armoury
Media Release
Hort Innovation Board candidates announced
Media Release
Scientists find 65 per cent of tree species at risk
Media Release
$7 million to source supreme strawberries
Media Release
$6.4 million boost for cool-climate horticulture growers
Completed project
Foodservice foundational market insights (MT21011)
Media Release
Pink, White strawberries soon to hit Aussie market
Media Release
Varroa-targeting pesticide under development
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Hort Innovation
Sarah Strutt
Industry Service & Delivery Manager
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Papaya Australia
PO Box 309
Mareeba QLD, 4880
australianpapaya.com.au
07 4092 7536
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Mareeba QLD, 4880